Manitoba Agriculture
Seasonal Crop Summary
July 15, 2025
Northwest Region
High temperatures again this week helped crops progress and contributed to dry conditions in some areas. Many stations remain well below normal precipitation amounts. Areas with lighter soils are starting to show the effects of moisture stress.
Fungicide applications are continuing in most crops that have reached the appropriate stage. Herbicide applications are wrapping up as most crops progress.
Fall rye and winter wheat crops continue in the late milk/early soft dough stage.
Spring wheat crops continue into the flowering stage and the most advanced fields have moved into grain filling stage.
Field peas mostly look good and are at R3 stage with some nearing R4. Where moisture is limited, crops are stressed with recent high temperatures.
Canola crops continue to be varied across the region. Depending on seeding date and moisture conditions for germination, crop stages differ greatly. Majority of crops are in some stage of flowering, while later seeded crops are at approximately the bolting stage. The odd field is at rosette stage. Recent high temperatures have caused some pod abortion.
Soybean crops are growing nicely and most advanced crops are at R2-R3 stage.
Provincial Overview
Isolated rainfall and thunderstorms resulted in varying amounts of precipitation over the past week with accumulations ranging from 0 mm to 38.8 mm. Some storms were accompanied by intense rain, and hail. The Environment and Climate Change station in Gimli recorded 31.2 mm over several hours on July 10. The East, Central, and western portion of the Southwest regions received the most rain over the past seven days.
Climate normals for total accumulated precipitation from May 1 to July 13 range from 150.5 mm to 234.6 mm and are based on 30-year historical data. The majority of the Southwest and Central regions have accumulated more than 100 mm this growing season. The East, Northwest and Interlake regions have large areas of accumulations below 50% of normal. Much of the Central and Southwest regions have accumulated less than 70% of the 30-year average of precipitation. Only a few locations have accumulated more than 80% of the 30-year average since May 1.
Percent Normal Accumulated Growing Degree Days represents the variation of accumulated Growing Degree Days (GDD) from the historical record over a 30-year period from May 1 – July 13, 2025. Above normal temperatures early in the season have resulted in GDD Accumulations above 110% of normal for the majority of agro-Manitoba.
To find interactive soil temperature/moisture and air temperature information see Agri-Maps Current Weather viewer.